Equity Care Onsite Pharmacists, out from behind the counter, delivering wellness for priority populations
Wellness Partners Foundation is building a new model of equitable healthcare delivery by placing pharmacists out from behind the counter and embedding them directly within the communities where health inequity is most entrenched.
This model recognises pharmacists as the most underutilised healthcare workforce in Australia and repositions them as community-embedded health-equity partners, improving access, continuity of care and outcomes for priority populations.
Through embedded Equity Care Onsite Pharmacists (ECOPs) and the Wellness 10, the Foundation delivers practical, place-based services that address medication continuity, health literacy, harm reduction and care navigation for priority populations often excluded from traditional models of healthcare. Rather than duplicating existing services, the Foundation works alongside health, care and community providers to strengthen access, close gaps and improve wellness.
The Foundation focuses on the places and populations where inequity is most entrenched, and where care delivered by pharmacists dispensing their trusted expertise out from behind the counter and embedded within communities can make the greatest difference.
Wellness Partners Foundation also delivers WISE Choice™, a program that ensures usable wellness items are put to purpose wisely, reducing environmental waste while enabling equitable access to free essential items for priority populations through trusted pharmacist engagement.
Find out more about the WISE Choice™ program
